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Ben "The Guvner" Edwards (born 17 February 1985) is an Australian Super Heavyweight kickboxer and Heavyweight boxer. He is the current K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Canberra tournament champion.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Ben Edwards K-1 profile )〕 Edwards won the tournament by three 1st round KO's the fastest win in K-1 history in total time of 3 minutes and 28 seconds breaking the previous record held by Jerome Le Banner of 4 minutes and 4 seconds in K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Osaka. Fighting out of Bulldog Gym, Canberra, Australia, he has competed in the K-1, Capital Punishment, Kings of Kombat, SUPERKOMBAT and It's Showtime promotions and is currently signed to GLORY. ==Biography and career == Ben Edwards was born in Sydney, Australia and has been living in Canberra since he was 4, currently residing in Queanbeyan. Edwards played Rugby League until he was 19. He represented the Canberra Raiders sides in both Harold Matthews Cup and SG Ball sides. He went to Dickson College where he played first grade for the Queanbeyan Blues. Ben Edwards started kickboxing in 2003 at the Bulldog Gym under late John Verran his coach and mentor. After winning multiple ISKA kickboxing titles he made his K-1 debut at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 Canberra. He knocked out all three of his opponents in the first round, including tournament favourite, Paul Slowinski, whom he had lost to twice in his career. He still maintains the record for the fastest kickboxing tournament in K-1 history, at 3 minutes and 28 seconds. At the K-1 Final 16, in the main event he lost to the eventual World Grand Prix champion Alistair Overeem in the first round. Following the loss he decesioned Carter Williams and knocked out Mighty Mo in 2011. He finished the year with a loss against Roman Kleibl in the semi finals of the SUPERKOMBAT Fight Club tournament. After being dropped by Daniel Sam in the quarter finals he finished off his opponent in the second round. Despite dropping Kleibl in the second round he was TKOed in the final round after running out of energy. He started out 2012 with a decision win against Ricardo van den Bos. He is now scheduled to face Rico Verhoeven on March, 17 in Australia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Emotion charged fight )〕 He faced Raul Cătinaş at the ''K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 in Tokyo Final 16'' on 14 October 2012〔(K-1 Final 16 Matches Unveiled )〕〔(K-1 WGP Final 16, Finalized Fight Card For This Sunday, 14 October )〕 and won via TKO in round two.〔(K-1 World Grand Prix Final 16 Live Results )〕 Edwards was drawn against Zabit Samedov in the quarter-finals of the ''K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 Final'', held on 15 March 2013 in Zagreb, Croatia.〔(K-1 WGP Final 8 Match-Ups )〕 However, he decided not to compete〔(Badr Hari to Replace Ben Edwards in K-1 World Grand Prix )〕 as he was already booked to fight Paul Slowinski for the fourth time on 23 March 2013 in Canberra, Australia at ''Capital Punishment 7''.〔(Capital Punishment 7 in Canberra Line-Up )〕 He defeated Slowinski by decision.〔(Weekend Winners: Ben Edwards, Sanny Dahlbeck, Suleiman Magomedov, Errol Koning )〕 He joined Glory in July 2013.〔(Hesdy Gerges and Ben Edwards to Fight for GLORY )〕 He won the vacant Kings of Kombat Heavyweight Championship with a majority decision win over Cătălin Moroșanu at ''Kings of Kombat 10'' in Melbourne, Australia on 7 September 2013, relying heavily on low kicks in the fight rather than utilize his usual brawling style.〔 〕 In a slugfest at ''Glory 12: New York - Lightweight World Championship Tournament'' in New York City, New York on 23 November 2013, Edwards landed numerous unanswered shots on Jamal Ben Saddik throughout round three before eventually putting him away with a big right hand towards the end.〔(Ky Hollenbeck vs. Shemsi Beqiri and Jamal Ben Saddik vs. Ben Edwards official for Glory 12 )〕〔(Glory 12 Results and Recap: Andy Ristie shocks the world with two huge knockouts )〕〔(GLORY 12 Live Results and Updates )〕〔(GLORY 12 results: Upsets galore as Giorgio Petrosyan falls short to tourney winner Andy Ristie )〕 He was initially set to face Errol Zimmerman in the main event of ''Glory 15: Istanbul'' in Istanbul, Turkey on 12 April 2014〔(GLORY Announces GLORY 15 Card )〕 but the match was transferred to the semi-finals of the ''Glory 16: Denver - Heavyweight Contendership Tournament'' in Broomfield, Colorado, US on May 3, 2014.〔(GLORY Announces GLORY 16 Card - Pat Barry's Debut )〕〔(Glory 16 Denver Fight Card )〕 He lost to Zimmerman via TKO, suffering two knockdowns in the first round.〔(UFC Veteran Pat Barry Suffers First-Round Knockout Loss to Zack Mwekassa at Glory 16 )〕〔(Glory 16 Results )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ben Edwards (kickboxer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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